Dynamic Nutrition for Maximum Performance

                  by Daniel Gastelu, Dr. Fred Hatfield

About the Book (out of print, almost out of stock!)

From the back cover of the book:  In sports, gaining an edge can and does make the difference between winning and losing. Over the last decade, nutrition researchers have made enormous strides in understanding how our bodies utilize various key nutrients during periods of athletic activity. Unfortunately, the conflicting information on nutrition filling the airwaves and the pages of popular magazines has had everyone running in circles. Dynamic Nutrition for Maximum Performance clears the confusion. Designed for professional and amateur athletes, fitness exercisers, trainers, coaches, and nutritionists, this book is a complete, easy to use guide to today's sports nutrition. It is intended to help you achieve and maintain maximum levels of fitness and performance through sport specific dietary intake and nutritional supplementation. Written by two highly qualified specialists in performance nutrition and fitness science, this book blends the latest in scientific research with time tested techniques. It explains the basic elements of sports nutrition in plain language, and then helps you use that information to develop an effective customized performance nutrition program.

Dynamic Nutrition for Maximum Performance is divided into four parts. Part One looks at the macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates, fat, water, and oxygen) and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, and metabolites). It tells you how to obtain these nutrients from food and supplement sources. Included are comprehensive listings of the new generations of effective sports supplements and herbs currently available -- from BHBM to octacosanol, and from alfalfa to yerba maté. Part Two covers the basics of anatomy, digestion, and absorption, and provides the latest information on metabolism and body composition. In Part Three, the key sports nutrition concerns of fat loss, muscle building, and carbohydrate loading are discussed, and step by step directions for their effective accomplishment are offered. Part Four then puts it all together into sport specific plans that give exact dietary guidelines and supplementation recommendations for over 150 sports and fitness activities. A guide at the beginning of Part Four helps you find the plan that fits your sport. Throughout the book, you will find useful insets that highlight important sports nutrition information and show you how to perform key nutrient calculations.

Dynamic Nutrition for Maximum Performance is your first resource to optimum performance. With its user friendly format and highly focused information, it will make designing the perfect nutrition and supplementation program quick and easy. It will fast become as important a tool in your game plan as your weights, clubs, or rackets.
 

About the Authors:

Daniel Gastelu, M.S., M.F.S., is a pioneer in performance nutrition. He is a graduate of Rutgers University, where he has also taught science on the undergraduate and graduate levels. During the past fifteen years, Mr. Gastelu has developed personalcare products and dietary supplements designed to improve athletic performance. Presently, he is serving as the director of the Nutritional Sciences Department for the International Sports Sciences Association. He and his family reside in northern New Jersey.

 

Fred Hatfield, Ph.D, is a graduate of Temple University. He has specialized in sports nutrition and fitness for over thirty years, and is co founder and president of the International Sports Sciences Association. He is a world champion power lifter, and has trained hundreds of professional and elite athletes and their trainers. In addition to teaching at the University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois, and Temple University, Dr. Hatfield has developed numerous athletic performance products. He is the founding editor of Sports Fitness and BodyCraft magazines, and has written over sixty books and hundreds of articles on fitness and nutrition. Currently, he and his family live in Clearwater, Florida.

 

(preceding taken from the back cover of the book)